Had enough of the endless cricket and tennis over the summer months?
The good news is that the mental torture ends this coming weekend, with the Newtown Jets first trial match for 2017 being played at Henson Park on Saturday, 4th February.Here is the full schedule for the Newtown Jets 2017 trials program:Saturday, 4th February:Henson Park4.00pm – Intrust Super Premiership NSW: Newtown v North Sydney.Saturday, 11th February:Henson Park9.30am - Harold Matthews Cup: Roosters v WSAS11.00am - S.G. Ball Cup: Roosters v WSAS12.30pm - Tarsha Gale 9's: Sydney Indigenous Academy v Canberra4.00pm – NYC/RMC: Cronulla NYC v Mounties Ron Massey Cup6.00pm – ISP NSW: Newtown v MountiesSaturday, 18th February:Henson Park9.30am – Tarsha Gale 9’s: Sydney Indigenous Academy v Cronulla10.30am – Harold Matthews Cup: Roosters v Cronulla12.00pm – S.G. Ball Cup: Roosters v Cronulla4.00pm – NYC: Cronulla v Wests Tigers6.00pm – ISP NSW: Newtown v Wests TigersNewtown’s head coach Greg Matterson, now heading into his 10th season at the helm of the Jets, was in top form when he was interviewed recently for the NSW Rugby League’s website: http://www.nswrl.com.au/news/2017/01/30/newtown_change_surro.htmlCongratulations to Malakai Houma, Kurt Kara and Matt Evans who have been selected in the Cronulla-Sutherland squad to play in this weekend’s Auckland NRL Nines tournament.There are several familiar and not so familiar Newtown Jets names in the Cronulla-Sutherland NRL trial squad that travels to Brisbane this weekend:NRL Team List v Brisbane BroncosTrial at Dolphin Stadium, RedcliffeKick-off: 7:15pm (AEST)1 Valentine Holmes2 Haydn Peacock3 Jordan Drew4 James Tuitahi5 Josh Tualagi6 Fa'amanu Brown7 James Maloney8 Andrew Fifita9 Daniel Mortimer10 Sam Tagataese11 Jayden Walker12 Jayson Bukuya13 Paul Gallen14 Jeremy Latimore15 Kurt Dillon16 Jaimin Jolliffe17 Jayden Brailey18 Blayke Brailey19 Jesse Savage20 Ryan King21 Eddie Faalau22 Luke Towers23 Ben Fritz24 Bessie Aufuga-Toomaga25 Via Uia